City · Winkler County, Texas

Wink, Texas

Wink is a city in Winkler County, Texas. It has 1,373 residents. Wink, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 38 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,731 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #229 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), suicide rate (low) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on traffic deaths (high), mammography screening (low) and voter turnout (low).

38Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,731 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #229 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,373 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,177.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4879768

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety48#8,073/15,637
Economy78#3,465/15,631
Housing51#7,405/14,977
Health28#11,230/15,609
Healthcare35#10,217/15,650
Environment45#8,483/15,453
Education8#14,469/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,063/15,650
Community53#7,399/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,188/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wink, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Winkler County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.2×
100/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Texas 14.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWinkler County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low86 min
99/100Texas 149 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWinkler County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,820
96/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWinkler County value
Public libraries · high2.6 /10k
95/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesWinkler County value
New business applications · high23.2 /1k
94/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauWinkler County value

Weaknesses

Traffic deaths · high90.1 /100k
0/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWinkler County value
Mammography screening · low19.0%
0/100Texas 42.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinkler County value
Voter turnout · low42.4%
1/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionWinkler County value
Reading scores · low2.36
1/100Texas 2.89United States 3.052018University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinkler County value
Flu vaccinations · low20.0%
1/100Texas 40.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWinkler County value
Hot days · high131 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWinkler County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
824 (2015-2019) → 1,373 (2020-2024)
+67%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
34.1% (2015-2019) → 75.8% (2020-2024)
+42 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.7% (2015-2019) → 4.4% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.9% (2015-2019) → 38.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.5% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
0.8× (2015-2019) → 1.2× (2020-2024)
+48%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Wink, Texas improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−13 points17.7% → 4.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Wink, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.4 min2015-2019	21.0 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Broadband subscriptions	80.7%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Effective property tax rate	0.97%2015-2019	0.83%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	86.9%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+7.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%
Home price to income ratio	0.8×2015-2019	1.2×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	56%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4062020-2024	−0.044	Within the margin of error	81%
Median household income	$70,8332015-2019	$103,4722020-2024	+46%	Within the margin of error	81%
Poverty rate	14.8%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.7%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Wink, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wink, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Wink, Texas itself moved +7.5 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,373 residents (±199)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

497 households (±87)

Wink, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k17%†84
$25k–50k12%†59
$50k–75k8.7%

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

497 households (±87)

Wink, Texas
Texas share

Own91%451
Rent9.3%†46

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

657 workers (±131)

Wink, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone87%572
Carpool6.5%†43
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Winkler County, the county holding most of Wink's residents.

Winkler County has 204 employer establishments, 268 for every 10,000 residents (1.08× the US rate of 248; 1.23× Texas's), with 3,447 paid employees at an average annual pay of $81,854. The Census Bureau also counts 910 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 204; 910 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 268; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,447
Average annual pay: $81,854; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Winkler County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Truck transportation	23	30.2	5.97×More than typical	470	$70,385	214
Restaurants and other eating places	13	17	0.93×About typical	152	$26,888	9
Specialty trade contractors	10	13.1	0.85×About typical	140	$73,600	54
Building equipment contractors	7	9.2	1.53×Too few to compare	126	$76,476	7
Gasoline stations	7	9.2	2.83×Too few to compare	158	$37,557	—
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	6	7.9	3.18×Too few to compare	116	$79,500	5
Full-service restaurants	6	7.9	1.02×Too few to compare	31	$35,484	3
Limited-service restaurants	6	7.9	0.98×Too few to compare	121	$24,446	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	6.6	1.30×Too few to compare	7	$63,143	49
Lessors of real estate	5	6.6	0.53×Too few to compare	385	$103,655	27
Religious organizations	5	6.6	1.18×Too few to compare	14	$15,857	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	5.2	3.00×Too few to compare	24	$69,958	4

Rank places for an industry Open Winkler County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 7,625 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Wink is mostly in Winkler County.

See federal money in Winkler County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Wink, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Winkler County38100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Winkler County

Largest first.

Kermit275,689

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Wink, Texas

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved1

Declined0

Cities and towns like Wink, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Local businesses

Federal contracts performed here

Representation in Congress

Senate

County

Other cities and towns in Winkler County

Similar cities and towns

Data and sources

Improved1

Declined0

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Senate